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An Unusual manifestation of Dental Calculus in a Late Horizon individual from Cusco, Peru.

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The study of dental disease in ancient human groups seeks to rebuild and recreate the lifestyle of the population related directly to their health and disease conditions. These studies, in particular, pursue to know the prevalence of dental diseases, their causes and their possible relations to the diet. Dental calculus is the mineralization of the bacterial plaque and the deposition of salts, calcium, and phosphorus that adhere to the tooth surface (crown and root), as a fouling crust that can gain important densities during the life of the individual. In the anthropological literature, two types of calculus are recognized: a) supragingival (above the neck of the tooth) and b) subgingival. The first is mainly linked to cervical enamel on the crown, a band formed by marking the position of the gingival margin. Subgingival calculus, however, is deposited on the surface of both the root and the gingival attachment level, in some cases, this type of calculus may cause another kind of diseases involving the periodontal tissue. Archaeological Project Watching Briefs at Saphi Street, in the historical center of Cusco, allowed the finding of four funerary contexts filiated to the Late Horizon period. The analysis of individual skeleton from the Funeral Context No. 4, revealed that the remains belonged to a woman of 25 to 30 years old, affected by an unusual and severe condition of dental calculus, on both maxilla and mandible.
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hal-03418042 , version 1 (06-11-2021)

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Eliza Orellana-González, Gloria Mercedes Choque Centeno. An Unusual manifestation of Dental Calculus in a Late Horizon individual from Cusco, Peru.. V Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America, Aug 2013, Santa Marta, Colombia. ⟨hal-03418042⟩
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